Intended for African audiences, the films shows the opening of the African Conference in London in September 1948 and the visits made by the delegates during their stay.
Delegates from Africa arrive at Lancaster House. Inside the ...
DOCUMENTARY. A maternity hospital is built by natives in the Eastern Nigerian village of Umana.
Rl.1 Opening shots of the natives of the village attending open-air school and learning to read. In his office, the Udi district ...
Coverage of the Colonial Exhibition in Oxford Street held during Colonial Month in the summer of 1949 to 'spread the spirit of co-operation and mutual understanding'.
A suited black man and woman within London point at a banner that ...
Coverage of the 18 strong Nigerian football team, the first ever to leave West Africa, who played nine matches in five weeks against top English amateur sides.
The African players, having arrived on 29 August 1949 in Liverpool, ...
"This is a brief survey of progress made by the British Government in helping forty separate colonial territories to raise their standards and increase their wealth. After a summary of past difficulties - diseases that killed people and ...
The making of Star lager from Nigeria.
The film opens with the Star lager trademark as local music plays. As three African men sit outside drinking Star lager, a close-up of a tray reveals the company logo. The voiceover states that 'These ...
The passing out parade of the first Nigerian women's police. Also shows the policewomen on duty.
The commentator introduces 'this historic parade at the Southern Police ground' from 26 April 1956. The film shows the women marching at Ikeja ...
'Three Nigerian students from different corners of Nigeria come to Ibadan University. While they sit talking in a dance club, the film traces back each of their journeys to the university. Scenes of their homes give a new impression of an ...
A study of Northern Nigeria as it prepares for self-government.
The commentator introduces Africa as the 'continent of the future' before he outlines, through a map, the different regions of Nigeria. First, the film highlights the ...
The film includes sequences in and around Gwoza including markets, a palm plantation, villages and drilling for artesian wells. The majority of the film is shot during independence celebrations held in Maiduguri, Bornu Province, ...
